u/-Common-Good-

Dude is straight toxic and slings homophobic slurs around and rants about how his team needs to “stand before greatness” (actual quote). What an insufferable dickhead.

If UC4 multiplayer gets the axe one day like UC2 and 3 MP did, I’ll be devastated lol.

The gist of it: there is a leaked DOJ memo that's going after a Supreme Court case protecting disability rights. The Olmstead case is the reason disabled and mentally ill people in the US have a legal right to live in our OWN homes and communities instead of being locked away in institutions. The memo is arguing that institutionalization isn't inherently discriminatory, and that states should have more power to put people with psychiatric disabilities away, with faux concern that it is a “public safety” and homelessness issue. (We all know that if they actually cared about public health and safety we’d have universal housing and healthcare, including free therapy for all)

From my POV, it looks like they are telegraphing a desire to use this to target not just the average disabled person, but also dissidents who happen to have disabilities. This genuinely hurts. I feel so unwelcome in this fucked up country. Society is ableist as fuck. Feels like that at least.
I know the memo is not saying “the disabled are life unworthy of life” or some overt Nazi type stuff. That would be irresponsible of me and dishonest. They are saying it is about safety, easing burdens on communities, and “letting states decide what's best.” (We’ve all heard that before)

All of this is not to say there is going to be another Holocaust. I am simply saying that the telegraphing from the gov is recognizable. To blanketly call a group of people dangerous to public safety strips away their ability to freely exist in public life. In a similar vein, the Nazis didn't start with gas chambers. They too framed forced institutionalization as a logical and compassionate, solution to the “problem.” They made it seem reasonable. And then they later used those institutions to euthanize or gas people like us.

Inform the people you love and trust about this. You don't necessarily need to shout from the rooftops. We just need people to see this, and to believe us when we say that this could be a potential threat to people like us.

Fortunately, there are still some good faith actors left in the judicial system who are good people willing to fight for people like us. But even that is waning. All we can do is keep each other safe. Get organized with those you love and trust. We keep us safe.